Swift Sensors launches its new Series 3 wireless sensor system with significant improvements in wireless range, battery life, durability, and ease of deployment. Series 3, re-engineered from the ground up by Swift Sensors, incorporates cutting-edge BLE5 technology with the Nordic nRF52840 SoC’s on-chip cryptography, multi-protocol communication, and power management features: Three times the sensor range, […]
October 2020 Special Edition: Power & Energy Efficiency Handbook
Why lithium batteries won’t fill up landfills Consumers with an inclination toward sustainability have been bummed out over recent revelations that most of the plastics they have carefully separated, washed, and placed in recycling bins typically end up in the local dump. So it may come as good news that dead lithium batteries are increasingly…
August 2020 Special Edition: Autonomous & Connected Vehicles
Latest connected car feature: Germicidal lights A year ago, had you brought up the idea of adding germicidal lights to a connected car, you probably would have gotten back facial expressions suggesting you’ d lost your mind. Today, the same idea would be more likely to engender a lot of head nodding. Who knew a…
June 2020 Special Edition: Test & Measurement Handbook
Will your good samaritanism in the pandemic buy you a lawsuit? IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS voluntarily spending your time on technology to help abate the COVID 19 pandemic, consider the experience of the vacuum cleaner company Dyson in the UK. Company founder James Dyson estimates his firm spent about $25 million and…
April 2020 Special Edition: Internet of Things Handbook
No, IoT RF radiation won’t cause a pandemic I once had a lengthy exchange with a guy who claimed RF from WiFi was making him sick. After numerous emails back and forth in which I tried to correct his misconceptions about WiFi signals, I gently suggested that he go find an RF screen room and…
TE Connectivity to acquire First Sensor AG
TE Connectivity Sensors Germany Holding AG of TE Connectivity Ltd. Will purchase First Sensor AG, a provider of sensing solutions based in Germany. TE Holding, TE, and First Sensor have also entered into a business combination agreement which outlines parameters to facilitate the combination. The management board and supervisory board of First Sensor welcome and, […]
Special Edition: Power Electronics Handbook 2019
Now or later? No time for time-of-use energy savings One of the big justifications for smart home electronics and internet-of-things pipedreams is a concept called time-of-use electricity billing. Long used for industrial concerns, the plan is to bring TOU billing to households, so they’ll be charged more for electricity they use during periods of peak…
November 2018 Special Edition: 2018 Power & Energy Efficiency Handbook
Don’t let the LED blue light blues get you down TAKE A LOOK at some of the websites devoted to alternative medicine and you’ll likely come across headlines like, “The Dangers of LED & Blue Lights Will Blow Your Mind!” or, “LEDs: The Blue Light Risk,” or “Artificial lighting and the blue light hazard.” These…
August 2018 Special Edition: Autonomous & Connected Vehicles
Connecting the car is the easy part At the annual conference of the Society of Automotive Engineers, no small number of technical papers cover issues surrounding driver interactions with features on the car dashboard. Touchscreens in particular are a hot topic. You can find SAE papers with impressive-sounding titles such as, Touch Interactive Display Systems:…
June 2018 Special Edition: Test & Measurement Handbook
Will high test instrument costs keep the next Steve Wozniak out of the tech business? Back in the heyday of personal computing, it was possible to do state-of-the-art work without making a big investment in test equipment. To see what I mean, consider the development of the first 5.25-in. floppy disk drive for the Apple…